Endangered Species Law

DECEMBER 29, 2021

On December 22, 2021, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) proposed to list the cactus ferruginous pygmy owl ( Glaucidium brasilianum cactorum ) (Owl) as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) primarily due to threats from climate change and habitat loss and fragmentation.

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JUNE 7, 2021

On June 4, 2021, the Biden Administration announced its intent to rescind or revise several implementing regulations for the Endangered Species Act (ESA) finalized under the prior administration.

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Endangered Species Law

JUNE 20, 2023

The court held that a presumption in favor of an endangered species is not required by the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and, further, that such a presumption can distort the agency’s scientific judgment and did so in this circumstance.

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MAY 10, 2021

Fish and Wildlife Service (“USFWS”) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (“NMFS”) proposed rules to remove six species from the lists of endangered and threatened wildlife and plants under the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”).

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Endangered Species Law

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

On September 20, 2021, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (Service) negative 12-month finding (Finding) on a petition by WildEarth Guardians (Guardians) to list the Joshua tree ( Yucca brevifolia ) as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).

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ESA

AUGUST 30, 2021

UN plans virtual Biodiversity Conference in October 2021 and in-person meeting in April and May 2022. Innovation and Competition Act with representatives from the White House and the Commerce Department. 16, 2021 ). 16, 2021 ). The agency attributes the species status to declining water quality and quantity.

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ESA

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

trillion spending bill, also known as the reconciliation bill and the Build Back Better Act ( H.R. Fish and Wildlife Service receives $180 million for developing and carrying out Endangered Species Act recovery plans and a combined $19.4 By Annie Snider, PoliticoPro, 11/18/2021. Applications are due Dec.

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ESA

DECEMBER 6, 2021

The measure, known as a continuing resolution, generally keeps funding at fiscal year 2021 levels. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) introduced the Blue Carbon for Our Planet Act ( S. 2750 ) in June 2021. Cliff Bentz (R-OR) introduced the Northern Spotted Owl Habitat Improvement Act ( H.R.

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Endangered Species Law

OCTOBER 25, 2022

CBD seeks an order from the court declaring the Service is in violation of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) by failing to timely list the LEPC and requiring the Service to publish one or more final rules by a date certain.

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ESA

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Fish and Wildlife Service to reconsider 2019 decision to not list Joshua Trees under the Endangered Species Act. Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals report finds that 70% of protected species are hunted for wild meat. 2021 (Oct. 4, 2021 ( correction ). International.

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ESA

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Senate Appropriations Committee Releases Remaining Spending Bills for FY 2021. by Jean Chemnick, E&E News, 10/21/2021. Senate Appropriations Committee Releases Remaining Spending Bills for FY 2021. The Senate released spending bills for the Departments of Agriculture and Energy in August 2021. Bill includes $9.49

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ESA

DECEMBER 20, 2021

The bill retains a provision from the House bill repealing section 20001 of the 2017 Tax Act, which required the Bureau of Land Management to offer oil and gas lease sales in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and cancels the leases sold in January 2021. EPA – Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit.

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Endangered Species Law

JUNE 30, 2021

On June 29, 2021, fourteen members of Congress delivered a letter to Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, urging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) to use its authority to list the monarch butterfly ( Danaus plexippus ) on an emergency basis under section 4 of the Endangered Species Act (ESA).

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Endangered Species Law

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) published a final rule revising the critical habitat designation for the northern spotted owl ( Strix occidentalis caurina ) under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). million acres from the species’ critical habitat designation.

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Endangered Species Law

OCTOBER 20, 2021

On October 18, 2021, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) issued a final rule reclassifying the humpback chub ( Gila cypha ), a fish endemic to portions of the Colorado River basin, from endangered to threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).

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National Law Center

JANUARY 14, 2022

Email important additions HERE. Judicial: The post Ag and Food Law Daily Update: January 14, 2021 appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2021

On November 10, 2021, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) published a proposed rule to list the bracted twistflower ( Streptanthus bracteatus ), a plant species found only in Texas, as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).

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Endangered Species Law

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

On September 8, 2021, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ("USFWS") published a final rule in the Federal Register listing the slenderclaw crayfish as endangered under the Endangered Species Act ("ESA") and identifying approximately 78 miles of river in DeKalb and Marshall Counties, Alabama as critical habitat for the species.

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Endangered Species Law

MAY 21, 2021

On May 17, 2021, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) rule requiring that affected states receive a 30-day notice of an intent to file a petition to list a species as endangered or threatened is inconsistent with the Endangered Species Act (ESA).

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Endangered Species Act -- Update On Ecological Assessment of Allegheny County Parks Click Here to read the entire Summer Wild Heritage News. Posted: September 1, 2021] PA Environment Digest

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Endangered Species Law

JULY 9, 2021

On July 7, 2021, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) published a proposed rule in the Federal Register announcing the agency’s finding that the razorback sucker ( Xyrauchen texanus ) no longer warrants listing as an endangered species under the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA).

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Endangered Species Law

JUNE 2, 2021

On May 14, 2021, the Department of Justice filed a brief with the Supreme Court arguing that the Court should not hear the case of Kansas Natural Resource Coalition v. Department of Interior (“ KNRC ”).

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Endangered Species Law

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Lenhard, Louisiana State University, Bugwood.org On October 14, 2021, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) issued a proposed rule to list the bog buck moth ( Hemileuca maia menyanthevora ) (= H.iroquois ) as endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 1, 2021

HRFP aids the recovery of endangered and threatened species under the Endangered Species Act-- including the protection of the Indiana bat, improves plant and animal biodiversity and enhances carbon sequestration. Posted: December 1, 2021] PA Environment Digest

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Acoel

JANUARY 20, 2022

While these canids officially count as coyotes – a nettlesome varmint to many Texans – their spectral appearance has sparked local excitement because the wild dogs contain a genetic shadow of their endangered forebears who disappeared from the Gulf Coast long ago. Red Wolf ( Canis rufus ) Historic Range.

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 21, 2022

The United States, which did not attend the conference, announced a similar “30 by 30” conservation plan in January 2021. The tree , which was listed last week as “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act, plays a significant role in American West hydrology. This Week’s Top Water Stories, Told In Numbers.

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ESA

MAY 6, 2021

NSF releases 2021 Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering report. House Science Committee Chair Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) and Ranking Member Frank Lucas (R-TX) introduced the House version of this bill in January 2021 ( H.R. All comments must be received by May 24, 2021 ( Deadline correction ).

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ESA

JULY 26, 2021

billion, a nearly 20% increase over FY 2021 levels. Still, Congressional leaders say that it is likely that Congress will pass a temporary stop-gap measure to buy more time for funding negotiations and avert a government shutdown when the new fiscal year starts on October 1, 2021. 2773 ) in April 2021. NOAA receives $6.46

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The Energy Law Blog

MAY 24, 2023

The plaintiffs’ arguments centered mostly on the project’s impact on an endangered species, the North Atlantic right whale. BOEM approved the Construction and Operations Plan for the Vineyard Wind Project in July 2021, approximately 12 years after BOEM began evaluating the site for wind energy development.

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Arnold Porter

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Gutierrez admitted to acting as the middleman between several Mexico-based suppliers and US-based customers and was part of one of the most successful cross-border schemes to illegally trade wildlife in the United States. and the Endangered Species Act (ESA). and the Endangered Species Act (ESA).[[N:16

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 13, 2022

The controlled burn project, which if implemented would affect around 2,000 acres in the southern end of the proposed wilderness area, was approved in June of 2021. White-nose syndrome, caused by a fungus originating in Europe, also affects 11 other North American bat species. In March of 2022, the U.S.

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ESA

JUNE 1, 2021

billion for the National Institute of Agriculture, including $700 million for the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative, which represents a $265 million increase over FY 2021 levels. billion increase over FY 2021 levels. billion, a $400 million increase over FY 2021 levels. billion increase over FY 2021.

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ESA

MAY 17, 2021

Twenty-four ESA members and graduate students in ecology participated in virtual Hill visits, as a part of the 2021 Katherine S. The Committee also approved the American Fisheries Advisory Committee Act ( S. By Ryan McCrimmon, PoliticoPro, 5-13-2021. By Doug Plamer, 5-13-2021, PoliticoPro. 2 position at USDA.

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MGKF Law

MARCH 14, 2021

” On March 4, 2021, in United States Fish and Wildlife Service et al. Read More » Tags: Endangered Species Act , FOIA , Rulemaking. Sierra Club, Inc. , 19-547, the Supreme Court of the United States held that draft biological opinions prepared by the U.S.

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Environment, Law, and History

MAY 6, 2022

Press of Kansas, 2021). H-FedHist recently published a review by Bart Elmore ( recent recipient of the Dan David Prize ) of Gregg Coodley and David Sarasohn's The Green Years, 1964-1976: When Democrats and Republicans United to Repair the Earth (U.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 14, 2023

Does anyone really imagine that this project’s greenhouse gas emissions would not adversely affect the habitat of polar bears, or other ice-dependent listed species?

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Acoel

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Posted on December 13, 2021 by Gregory Bibler. The Marine Mammal Protection Act requires NMFS to prevent the depletion of endangered marine mammals that interact with commercial fisheries, the court stated, and the Endangered Species Act embodies Congress’s “plain intent.

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